Ministry of Agriculture and Food
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has chief responsibility for food policy and agricultural policy. Agricultural policy covers land utilisation, agriculture and forestry, reindeer and other animal husbandry, and development of new agriculture based industries.
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Jon Georg Dale asks Sweden and Finland to start mapping CWD incidents
2017-06-28: Norway will collect around 20,000 samples of various deer species in 2017 to map the extent of the contagious Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Norway's Agriculture and Food Minister Jon Georg Dale says that it is high time that other countries follows Norway's example, and is calling on the EU Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis to ensure that countries bordering Norway now carry out a comprehensive deer animal mapping of their own.
Norway to export genetic material to China
2017-04-20: Today, The Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Food Jon Georg Dale and Chinese Minister Zhi Shuping signed a protocol to regulate quarantines and health requirements for the export of genetic material from the 'Norwegian Red' breed of dairy cattle (NRC) from Norway to China.
Latest news
- FAO Conference, 40th Session, Rome Speech/statement 2017-07-03
- Jon Georg Dale asks Sweden and Finland to start mapping CWD incidents News story 2017-06-28
- Agreement to reduce food waste News story 2017-06-28
- Norway takes the lead on antibiotic resistance News story 2017-06-27
- Norway's battle against Antimicrobial Resistance in the agricultural sector Speech/statement 2017-05-30
- Water intrusion at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault News story 2017-05-22
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E-mail: postmottak@lmd.dep.no
Phone: +47 22 24 90 90
Address: , Postboks 8007 Dep. 0030 Oslo
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